Places move us. Whether we're on vacation or going about our daily routine, it's important to stop and take note of our surroundings. From the cottages and rocky shores of Canada's Grand Manan Island, to a hospital waiting room, and even the author's late grandmother's apartment on Long Island, NY, the poems in Under the Snug Blue Covers observe how place and setting interact with the events and emotions of our lives.

If one can be certain of anything, it's that the world keeps turning, and that time stops for no one. Steve D'Arms's second collection of poetry traces memories of days and people gone by, follows the pursuit, acquisition, and loss of love, and the little things happening around us that remind us that life continues to speed ahead into the future, whether we're ready for it or not.